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Decks in this class (29)

Unit 1 - Membrane Transport
What is the driving force of a ce...,
What two equations can be used in...,
What type of core do membranes have
11  cards
Unit 1 - Principles of Microanatomy
What is microanatomy,
What are the four tissue types,
What are the two types of layers ...
33  cards
Unit 1 - Cellular function
What is the role of the peroxisome,
What is the role of the golgi body,
What chemical changes occur to pr...
19  cards
Unit 1 - Resting/Action/ Post synaptic potentials
What is an excitable cell,
What are the concentrations of th...,
What are the concentrations of th...
12  cards
Unit 1 - Chemistry of Life
What do heterotrophs require ener...,
What are the four major macromole...,
What is an amphibolic pathway giv...
17  cards
Unit 1 - Muscles
What is excitation contraction co...,
How is an endplate potential gene...,
What is another term for end plat...
41  cards
Unit 1 - Proteins
What is the primary structure of ...,
What are the types of amino acids,
What is the secondary structure o...
17  cards
Unit 1: Function of Tissues
What is a tissue,
What is an organ,
What is an organ system
19  cards
Unit 1: Anaerobic respiration (energy from food without oxygen)
What is the nhs daily energy requ...,
What are glucose transporters,
Where are the five types of gluco...
24  cards
Unit 1: Aerobic respiration (energy released from food)
Where does the link reaction occu...,
What are the net products of the ...,
How is link reaction regulated
12  cards
Unit 2 - Enzymes
What are enzyme commission numbers,
Apart from ec numbers what other ...,
What are the defined conditions u...
20  cards
Unit 2 - Digestion/ Absorption
How are carbohydrates digested,
Give example of brush border enzymes,
If there is a low concentration o...
19  cards
Unit 2 - Cell cycle/ differentiation
What occurs during the stages of ...,
Where are the checkpoints in the ...,
What are the roles of s cdkm cdkc...
18  cards
Unit 2 - DNA replication
What are the purines,
What are the pyrimidines,
What does each nucleotide contain
17  cards
Unit 2 - blood vessels/ haemostasis
What are the three layers of bloo...,
What consists the tunica intima,
What is the function of the tunic...
29  cards
Unit 2 - Vitamins/minerals & nutrition
What are the essential components...,
Give source and function of iron,
What is the effect of iron defici...
29  cards
Unit 2 - Principles of immunology
Describe the metabolism of bacteria,
Describe the two types of bacteri...,
How can bacteria be identified
41  cards
Unit 2 - Lungs
Describe the conducting zone and ...,
Describe the cell lining the airw...,
Describe the walls lining the air...
30  cards
Unit 2: Heart
How are cardiac myocytes connecte...,
What is the name of the ligament ...,
What is the effect of parasympath...
42  cards
Unit 3 - Spinal cord & vertebrae
Name the regions of the vertebral...,
What are the distinguishing featu...,
What are the distinguishing featu...
22  cards
Unit 3 - Cell Signalling
What is the difference between a ...,
What is the effect of protein kin...,
What are the two main classes of ...
24  cards
Unit 3 - Hormones
What are classical glands,
What are non classical glands,
What is the difference between pa...
36  cards
Unit 3 - Mobilisation of Energy
Describe the process of mobilisat...,
How are fatty acids and glycerol ...,
What are fatty acids attached to ...
48  cards
Unit 3: ascending tracts
What are the ascending tracts,
What stimulus do meissners corpus...,
What stimulus do pacinian corpusc...
24  cards
Unit 3 - Descending tracts/ UMN/ LMN
What is a descending tract,
What is the difference between um...,
What are the two types of descend...
16  cards
Unit 3- Pain & nociception
What is pain,
What is nociception,
What are the two types of nocicep...
17  cards
Unit 3- Reproductive hormones
What are three layers of the adre...,
What hormone does the zona granul...,
What hormone does the zona fascic...
40  cards
Unit 3 -Chromosomal Abnormalities
Describe a sub metacentric chromo...,
What is a metacentric chromosome,
What is an acrocentric chromosome
20  cards
Unit 3 - Kidneys & Osmoregulation
How is our body fluid compartment...,
What is the difference between os...,
What is tonicity
34  cards

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